In most American dialects and some British dialects, "bore" and "tour" rhyme (called the "pour-poor merger"). But in some dialects it may rhyme with "sewer"/"two-er" or have the same sound as in "blue" or even as in "were".

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Bore rhymes with tore. Tour is closer to sewer

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I've never heard anyone pronounce "tour" as rhymes with "sewer" in English. Perhaps in other languages?

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Closer to sewer, or "doer" or "fewer". Compress it to one syllable. Think "ooh" not "ohh".

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not... correcting you, I'm just explaining that I never hear anyone pronouncing tour such that it rhymes with either pronunciation of sewer.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You said you'd never heard it that way, I just wanted to clarify that I communicated the right pronunciation since "sewer" is a bit more drawn out than I meant to imply. All good

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Sorry, I was a little defensive because some others seemed to think I was arguing with you. Your explanation made sense, though.

[–] static09@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Maybe you're pronouncing sewer in thinking of a person who sews instead of sewer as in waste drainage.